The Record

Universitywide effort aims to bring WashU to the world

As the academic year begins, WashU is unveiling a new visual identity and an enhanced effort to communicate its important contributions in education, research and patient care to key audiences.

Potential drug effective against flesh-eating bacteria

School of Medicine scientists have developed a potential drug that is effective against common bacteria that can lead to rare, dangerous illnesses.

WashU Expert: How GOP has gained ground with unions

It’s unclear if Joe Biden’s strong pro-union record will translate into votes for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld, in Arts & Sciences, explains why Democrats have lost some union support and how the parties are responding.

Research Wire

School of Medicine researchers have shown how brain tumors evolve in response to therapy, helping describe how such cancers develop treatment resistance that leads to the high mortality rate characteristic of this cancer.

Research Wire

Young-Shin Jun, an environmental engineer at the McKelvey School of Engineering, received a federal grant to work to extract rare earth elements from coal in a way that does not harm the environment.

Notables

The WashU Danforth Staff Council has added 11 new members and elected its executive officers for the academic year. The chair is Mandy Wortmann, who works at the School of Law.

Patty Jo Watson, professor emerita in anthropology, 92

Patty Jo Watson, a professor emerita in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, died Aug. 1 in Arlington, Mass. Watson was one of the world’s leading experts on cave archaeology and agricultural origins.